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The West Palm Beach charter review committee handily voted to move West Palm Beach city elections from March to November, with only one member voting against the change.

City elections cost about $106,000, and proponents argued that the city would save substantially on the even number years when there is already a congressional and presidential elections. Moving the elections from March to November would likely lead to higher voter …

After two working sessions of West Palm Beach’s charter review committee, the group voted to recommend the following changes to the city commission:

– Three years terms for city commissioners instead of two
– The ability of city commissioners to summon departments heads for information at meetings
– An election, and not an appointment, to fill a vacancy after a commissioner resigns his or her seat to run for higher office

The charter review committee — which is spending months dissecting the city’s constitution — should be in for some interesting discussion tonight as it looks at term limits and whether or not the mayor should preside over commission meetings.

This committee will look at length of commissioners’ terms (currently two-year terms with no term limits), term limits for all offices, and who should preside over the commission meeting — the …

The West Palm Beach charter review committee met for the second time Monday night, and the nine-member committee began setting the agenda.

It will still be a few weeks before the committee begins to make any recommendations. Instead, they’re going through the charter article by article, deciding what topics they will discuss at a later date. Residents can give input on topics by e-mailing charter@wpb.org.

Just days before Christmas, Mayor Frankel sent a harsh letter to commissioners reminding them not to participate on committees.

Although the memo was sent to all the commissioners, it was clearly directed at Commissioner Molly Douglas.

Douglas, a mayoral candidate who has become the thorn in Frankel’s side, sat at the table during the charter review committee’s debut meeting at City Hall on Dec. 20. Frankel has also criticized Douglas …

The city’s next mayor won’t have his or her power diminished – at least not right away.

For the first time in a decade, a committee to review the city’s charter met on Monday.

Although certain city commissioners were hoping the committee could discuss major changes, including giving the commission more power, in time for a referendum to be placed on the March mayoral ballot, the committee decided not to …